Shoe form



June 11, 1935. E w 2,004,159

SHOE FORM Filed July 10. 1934 Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE SHOE FORM William J. De Witt, Auburn,

N. Y., assignor to.

Shoe Form 00., Inc., Auburn, N. Y., a corpora tion of New YorkApplication July 10, 1934, Serial No. 734,480

4 Claims.

.vide a toe form having flanged side walls, a cross brace connected tothe side walls of the form and movable with the cross brace beingsecured at one end to one end of the cross brace having a prong at theother end and bearing intermediate its length against the cross bracemidway between the side Wa s. l

Other objects of this invention reside in the manner in which the wireand cross brace are connected, thus in one embodiment the Wire and crossbrace are integral, and in other embodiments the wire and cross braceareconnected by a cross brace which also connects the cross brace to aflanged side wall of the form.

Further objects of this invention will appear from a consideration ofthe following description and of the drawing which forms a partthereofand in which Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view and Figs. 2 and 3 aresectional views taken along the lines 2-2 and 3-3 on Fig. 1 of oneembodiment of this invention;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similar views of another embodiment, the sectionsshown in Figs. 5 and 6 being taken along the lines 5-5 and 6-6 on Fig.4; and

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are similar views of still another embodiment, thesection shown in Figs. 8 and 9 being taken along the lines 8-8 and 9-9on Fig. 7.

Each embodiment of this invention comprises a toe form having flangedside Walls of inherently resilient material l and II connected by across brace l2 attached tothe side walls by rivets l3 and M. The riveti3 is received in a slot I formed in the flanged side wall H! whichpermits a pivotal movement of the cross brace I2 to expand or contractthe form in the usual Well known manner. The embodiments disclosed inthe drawing difier from each other in the form of the prong wire and theway in which it is secured to the cross brace 12.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3 the prong wire 20 is anintegral extension of the cross brace I2 at the end pivoted to the wallH by the rivet [4. The wire 20 extends forwardly from the rivet M, thenbackwardly under the cross brace, is curved upwardly and downwardly toform relative thereto and a wire movable a loop 2| andterminatesinapointed tip 22.

The wire 20 being a part of the cross brace l5 obviously moves in unisonwith the crossbrace. The operator by inserting a finger or tool in theloop 2] raises the tip 22 out of contact with 5 the inner sole of theshoe, swings the cross brace forward or backward as desired, andwithdraws the contracted form from the shoe.

The prong wire 36 of the embodiment shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 is loopedaround the shank of the rivet l4. From the rivet it it is led forwardandthen backward over the cross brace, bent forward laterally andbackward under the cross brace, curved upwardly and downwardly to form aloop 3| and terminates in a pointed tip 32. The wire as it is bent aboutthe cross brace forms a pocket 33 which receives the cross brace midwaybetween the side walls and yieldably holds it therein. The loop 3| maybe used in the same manner as the loop 2| to raise the tip and actuatethe cross brace. Since the cross brace is yieldably. held in the pocket33 the prong wire will be moved thereby.

Figs. '7, 8 and 9 illustrate another embodiment of the invention whichincludes a prong wire 40 looped around the rivet [3. The wire 40 extendsparallel to the cross brace I2, is coiled around it, bent upwardly anddownwardly to form a loop 4| and terminates in a pointed tip 42. Thecoils 43 surround the cross brace midway between the side walls andinsure that the wire and cross brace move as a unit. The loop 4| may beused, in the same manner as the loop 2| of the embodiment firstdescribed, to raise the tip 42, actuate the cross brace; I2 and withdrawthe form from the shoe.

From the above description of the various em- 7 bodiments it will benoted that in each the prong wire is movable with and by the crossbrace, and

is yieldably held thereby with its tip in engage- 4.0 ment with theinner sole of a shoe. Furthermore the prong wire of each embodimentincludes a loop behind the cross brace by which the tip is raised, thecross brace is actuated and the form may be withdrawn from the shoe.

While certain embodiments of the invention have been shown and describedit will be understood that I am not limited thereto and that otherembodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A toe form comprising flanged side walls of inherently resilientmaterial, a cross brace spanning said sidewalls and movable relativethereto and means connected to said cross brace at one end thereof andmovable thereby, said means terminating in a pointed tip and being inengagement with a portion of the cross brace between the side wallswhereby when the form is inserted in a shoe the tip is held by the crossbrace in engagement with the inner sole thereof to resist the removal ofthe form from the shoe.

2. A toe form comprising flanged side walls of inherently resilientmaterial, a cross brace spanning said side walls and movable relativethereto and means connected to said cross brace at one end thereof andmovable thereby, said means terminating in a pointed tip which when theform is inserted in a shoe engages the inner sole thereof and resiststhe removal of the form from the shoe and includes a portion whichextends under the cross brace whereby the latter yieldably holds saidmeans in contact with the inner sole.

3. A toe form comprising flanged side walls of inherently resilientmaterial, a cross brace spanning said side walls and movable relativethere- 'to, rivets connecting the ends of said cross brace to theflanged side walls, and a wire, of which one end is fixed by one of saidrivets to a flanged side wall, and the other end forms a prong, saidwire being connected intermediate its ends to the cross brace midwaybetween the side walls whereby said prong when the form is inserted in ashoe, is held by the cross brace in contact with the inner sole thereofand resists the removal of the form from the shoe.

4. A toe form comprising flanged side walls of inherently resilientmaterial, a cross brace spanning said side walls and movable relativethereto, rivets connecting the ends of said cross brace t0 the flangedside walls, and a wire, of which one end is fixed by one of said rivetsto a flanged side wall, and the other end forms a prong, said wire beingremovably connected intermediate its ends to the cross brace midwaybetween the side walls whereby said prong when the form is inserted in ashoe, is held by the cross brace in contact with the inner sole thereofand resists the removal of the form from the shoe. Y

WILLIAM J. DE WITT.

